Dr Liyuan Zhuang

  • Lecturer (Urban Studies & Social Policy)

Biography

Liyuan has two M.Sc. degrees from the University of Glasgow. Liyuan also completed her PhD in Urban Studies in 2022, and her research work is related to neighbourhood attachment, social participation and urban governance in Chinese cities. Liyuan has lectured and tutored on more than 10 undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Urban Studies. She is also a reviewer of the ethics committee for the School of Social and Political Sciences. 

Research interests

  • Social and public policy
  • Neighbourhoods, residential mobility and spatial segregation
  • Social cohesion and participation
  • Chinese Cities

Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 5.

2025

Zhuang, Liyuan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1927-9684 and Mack, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0746-3794 (2025) Supervising Dissertations: Reflections on cross-cultural MSc supervision [blog post]. [Website]

Long, Jinqiao and Zhuang, Liyuan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1927-9684 (2025) Housing finance and inequality: mortgage debt in urban China. Habitat International, 161, 103411. (doi: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103411)

2024

Long, Jinqiao, Zhuang, Liyuan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1927-9684 and MacLennan, Duncan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8425-3344 (2024) 国际城市住房系统减碳经验及其中国 镜鉴 = Global strategies for reducing carbon emissions in urban housing: lessons for China. 城市观察 = Urban Insight, 92(4), pp. 147-164. (doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-7178.2024.04.011)

Zhuang, Liyuan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1927-9684 and Bell, Karen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7585-3540 (2024) Improving the learning experience of Chinese Masters’ students in UK higher education. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 48(6), pp. 625-637. (doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2024.2379955)

2017

Sun, Yeran ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6847-614X, Du, Yunyan, Wang, Yu and Zhuang, Liyuan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1927-9684 (2017) Examining associations of environmental characteristics with recreational cycling behaviour by street-level Strava data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(6), 644. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph14060644) (PMID:28617345) (PMCID:PMC5486330)

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Articles

Long, Jinqiao and Zhuang, Liyuan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1927-9684 (2025) Housing finance and inequality: mortgage debt in urban China. Habitat International, 161, 103411. (doi: 10.1016/j.habitatint.2025.103411)

Long, Jinqiao, Zhuang, Liyuan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1927-9684 and MacLennan, Duncan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8425-3344 (2024) 国际城市住房系统减碳经验及其中国 镜鉴 = Global strategies for reducing carbon emissions in urban housing: lessons for China. 城市观察 = Urban Insight, 92(4), pp. 147-164. (doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-7178.2024.04.011)

Zhuang, Liyuan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1927-9684 and Bell, Karen ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7585-3540 (2024) Improving the learning experience of Chinese Masters’ students in UK higher education. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 48(6), pp. 625-637. (doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2024.2379955)

Sun, Yeran ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6847-614X, Du, Yunyan, Wang, Yu and Zhuang, Liyuan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1927-9684 (2017) Examining associations of environmental characteristics with recreational cycling behaviour by street-level Strava data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 14(6), 644. (doi: 10.3390/ijerph14060644) (PMID:28617345) (PMCID:PMC5486330)

Website

Zhuang, Liyuan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-1927-9684 and Mack, Colin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-0746-3794 (2025) Supervising Dissertations: Reflections on cross-cultural MSc supervision [blog post]. [Website]

This list was generated on Wed Aug 20 19:22:53 2025 BST.

Supervision

I am very happy to supervise PhDs in:

  • Urban policy
  • Neighbourhoods and urban segregation, residential mobility, neighbourhood attachment and neighbourhood effects
  • Social participation
  • Chinese Cities

I work primarily with qualitative methods.

I am currently supervising PhDs:

  • Du, Yuhui
    Urban Studies PhD
  • Li, Yuxiao
    State Involvement in Governing Housing Informality: Changes and Impacts in Urban China

Teaching

Course Convenors:

Urban Design & Development (URBAN 5098)

Research Design, Methods, and Ethics (URBAN 5119)

 

Undergraduate Teaching Contributuions:

SPP 1B Understanding Glasgow (PUBPOL 1011)

SPP 1A Foundations of Welfare (PUBPOL 1010) 

Environment and Climate justice (UG Honours Course) 

 

Postgraduate Teaching Contributuions:

Urban Conservation(URBAN 5126)

Research Design (SPS5034) 

Sustainable Urban Futures (URBAN5093)

Regenerating Cities (URBAN5041) 

Global Cities (URBAN5014) 

City Planning Theory & Practice (URBAN5099) 

 

Dissertation Supervision:

PGT Public Policy Programme (URBAN5080P)

PGT City Planning Programme (URBAN5054)

PGT Nankai Programme

UG dissertations for Social and Public Policy

 

 

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